TANNED, RESTED AND READY.
Sunday, January 20th, 2008Except for the “tanned” part. SPF 45 is de rigeur now, and when sunscreen says “waterproof,” it means it.
We are freshly back from Mexico, where it was not as warm as we expected (I packed no long pants, to my occasional regret, but the man-pris got lots of wear) but WAY WAY WARMER than our beloved hometown. So we swam in the ocean, which was warmer than the pool.
We went with Deek and Christine and far more importantly, Carver, their son and The Gus’s Best Friend In The Universe. Each day The Gus would wake up and say “Cawwer Cawwer Cawwer Cawwer Cawwer Cawwer!” And we would take him downstairs to the common areas and they would shriek, and push each other over Tonka-truck primacy, and engage in tentative Tonka-truck sharing rituals. Then they would play on the beach together and bury Tonka trucks in sand. Life is good.
Especially for us. We typically try to go someplace warm in the cold wet months, and have had fits since The Gus was born, because how can one relax on a chaise-longue with a drink in one’s hand and a trashy novel in the other hand while still making sure the toddler doesn’t fall in the pool? The answer? Bring a nanny! We brought our world-traveling nanny Jane, bought her ticket and put her up in a room, and in return she watched The Gus and The Carver. She even brought an apprentice, The Amelia, who was just as cool and responsible and engaged with the kidlets as Jane was. We got two nannies for the price of one! It was, as The Gus would say awww–SUM!
In any event, we stayed in a little town an hour north of Puerto Vallarta called Guayabitos, at a fantastic place called Villa Corona Del Mar. It was lovely. We also ventured south fifteen minutes to a surfing town called Sayulita, which is the place I realize I should have spent my eighteenth year, rather than wasting it on binge drinking an rebellious haircuts in Eugene. I don’t surf, but it turns out that one of my favorite things to do is watch other people surf.
Eventually the toddlers were felled by a cold, but no one got the dreaded Mexican GI ailments. It was a good vacation. Look at the pictures by clicking here.